For years, it is the Premier League which has made the law on the transfer window. English clubs actually have a purchasing power much greater than that of their European neighbors, and it is not uncommon to see players playing in top teams in Ligue 1, Liga or Serie A, joining teams of English footers. A financial power partly linked to the particularly high amounts that all the clubs receive from the sale of TV rights. Cadors and clubs fighting to maintain their status can enjoy themselves…
But in recent months, we have observed in England a certain desire to calm things down a little and appease the spending sprees of some. The Premier League’s regulatory body, for example, recently sanctioned certain clubs such as Everton due to non-compliance with certain criteria of English financial fair play. And that’s it The Athletic reveals a little bomb. Next Monday, Premier League clubs will vote for the implementation – or not – of a salary cap from the 2025/2026 season.
A proposal that is not unanimous…
This would involve limiting the amounts that clubs can spend to avoid too big a disparity in the transfer window. The main measure, and not the least, aims to prevent clubs from spending more than 5 times what the club which receives the least money from the championship receives in the form of TV rights and commercial deals. That is to say that if the latter were to pocket 100 million euros, the other clubs could spend, at most, 500 million euros in the transfer window. A proposal which, as the media points out, does not please certain championship leaders.
It must be said that with this new rule, clubs like Chelsea and Manchester City would clearly have been in the red last season, even if last year, the Blues would be the only bad performers. At the bottom of the table, however, this idea seems to convince people, and a first poll indicates that a priori, 14 clubs will vote for and 6 will be against. Other organizations, such as the Players Association or the FA, will also have their say. To be continued…
